Psychopathy and unlawful confinement: An examination of perpetrator and event characteristics

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 137-145

  Hervé, Hugues F ^a,c   Mitchell, Derek ^b   Cooper, Barry S ^c   Spidel, Alicia ^c   Hare, Robert D ^c  

^a Forensic Psychiat Serv Commission   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 2442513359     PISSN: 0008400X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087224     Document Type: Article

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